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That is all your opinion and one I don't personally agree with, you don't seem to understand a lot about anarcho-communist, but that wasn't my point.
I understand anarcho-communism; I do not agree with egalitarianism, it is simply an excuse for bureaucratic collectivism and in Orwelian terms, "All pigs are created equal, but some are more equal than others."
I was just pointing out that the word libertarian was invented by them and used for at least a century before the type you are talking of took up the term. They still use the term today. If they're not libertarians then I don't know who is unless you are trying to redefine the term.
I am highly inclined to redefine it.
The democratic party is libertarian, in large part, with respect to the individualism of moral choices.
It promotes itself on opposing authoritarian (collectivism) dictates from the public-state contract (goverment) on social-civil issues where individual morality is involved.
The democratic party is anti-libertarian, in large part, with respect to the individualism of economic choices.
It promotes itself on enacting authoritarian (collectivism) dictates through the public-state contract (government) on social welfare issues with an egalitarian, wealth redistribution focus.
The republican party is anti-libertarian, in large part, with respect to the individualism of moral choices.
It promotes itself on enacting authoritarian (collectivism) dicates through the public-state contract (government) on civil issues where individual morality is involved.
The republican party is libertarian, in large part, with respect to the individualism of economic choices.
It promotes itself on opposing authoritarian (collectivism) dictates from the public-state contract (goverment) in economic issues, for laze faire economics.
The promotions of each party are mixed from issue to issue, which means that they are inconsistent with a fundamental philosophy of libertarianism (individualism), or authoritarianism (collectivism), yet both promote major liberal elements as part of their platforms.
Thus, the use of the term liberal by republicans about
democrats is a reference to democrat's libertarian moral choices -
individualism; however, that misappropriate in describing democrat economic principles -
collectivism.
On the contrary, democrats would be justified to use the term liberal about
republicans in reference to republican libertarian economic choices -
individualism; however, that is misappropriate in describing republican civil positions -
collectivism.
Now, the republican party seems to believe that it has the moral high ground on economic as well as civil issues, and consequently it sees fit to abuse the term liberal with that generalization, under some guise of term it calls conservativism; democrats seem to accept it; to put it bluntly, "I call bullsht!"